Prohibition Clash in Senate as Food Bill Debated
In a key early test, the Senate rejected Myers amendment to prohibit beer and vinous beverages, while keeping Cummins provisions on distilled spirits. Debate highlighted dry and wet factions with votes 52 34 and 45 40 respectively as cloture threats shaped action.
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Washington
Senate
Myers
Cummins
Marshall
Robinson
Curtis
Kansas
House
Borah Rep
Idaho
Thompson
Vardaman
Mississippi
Day Book Shuts Down Adless Chicago Newspaper
The Day Book of Chicago has gone out of business after three years. High material costs and public demand for foreign news led to the closure, according to publisher Negley D. Cochran. He said the experiment of running an ad free paper was a success.
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Chicago
Negley D. Cochran
Cochran
Congress condemns anti Jewish agitation in Petrograd
The congress of workingmen and soldiers delegates adopts a resolution condemning anti Jewish agitation as dangerous to a revolutionary movement and calls for energetic action against such propaganda. Eleven suffragettes jailed in Washington after July Fourth protest face three day terms for refusing $25 fines.
Indictments Expected Against Plotters in British India Plot
San Francisco July 7 Indictments charging about 100 persons with complicity in plots to stir up a revolution in British India are expected from the federal grand jury.
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San Francisco
India
Federal Grand Jury
Norwegian Steamer Benguela Sunk by U-Boat
The Norwegian steamer Benguela bound from Finland to Philadelphia was sunk by a U-boat near Copenhagen on July 7. The crew was transferred to a Spanish vessel.
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Copenhagen
Finland
Philadelphia
Benguela
Draft evaders punished in Chicago court
In Freeport Illinois on July 26 Judge K M Landis sentenced 78 draft evaders to one year and one day with hard labor in Chicago House of Correction. Two others got thirty days and one received ninety days. About 150 on trial await minor punishment as orders to register are issued. Individual questioning covered residence naturalization status and reasons for not registering.
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Freeport
Ill
Chicaco
Rockford
Landis
New German Peace Offers Expected
London reports persistent rumors that Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg will outline new and clearer peace declarations in his Reichstag speech. The statements would cover Russia and the Entente allies, with Socialist support for the new war loan tied to the debate’s outcome.
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London
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Reichstag
Hague
Russia
Copenhagen
Republic troops near Pekin seal doom of China’s king
Washington July 7 reports from Chinese officials in Washington say republican forces under Tuan Chi Jui are closing on Pekin. General Chang Haun commands fewer than 5,000 troops with no reserves while 30,000 to 50,000 republicans sit near the capital ready to defend and advance.
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Republic
Chang
Imperial
Washington
Pekin
Tientsin
Tuan Chi Jui
Chang Haun
Confederate veteran kills himself at Finley hospital
C Russ Campbell a Confederate veteran jumped from an upper window at Finley hospital in Dubuque Iowa and was killed. The incident occurred on July 6 and is reported as a suicide.
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Dubuque
Russ” Campbell
Finley Hospital
Moose Property Attachments Tied to Alabama Damages
A writ of attachment against the Moose lodge property at Mooseheart Illinois follows an Alabama court verdict awarding $18 000 to Christopher Gustin and $15 000 to Donald A. Kenney for deaths during a Birmingham lodge initiation. The case seeks $50 000 against the supreme lodge and uses Kane County court to secure payment after the US Supreme Court affirmed the Alabama judgment.
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Chicago
Loyal Order of Moose
Moosehart
Lil
Geneva
Birmingham
Kane
Donald A. Kenney
Christopher Gustin
Supreme Lodge
Gustin
Kenney
Mooseheart
Supreme Court of the United States
Alabama
East St. Louis Riots Could Cost City 1 Million
Riots in East St. Louis Illinois are estimated to cause about 1 million dollars in losses including 500000 in property damage and 500000 in death benefits for at least five known fatalities. The city faces liability under the riot act and retains responsibility for burned freight cars and homes of residents near the freighthouse.
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East St. Louis
Ill
East St Louis
Southern Railroad
Wheat Blight Worries Central Illinois Farmers
Central Illinois farmers report blight in wheat, with some fields yielding about one fifth less. Hot dry weather is needed to combat the blight, while many farmers have already sold wheat for fall delivery at 1.75 dollars per bushel.
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Decatur
Ill
Gore Drops Dry Clause Proposal in Senate Debate
Thomas P. Gore presents a dry clause plan in the Senate amid fiscal and policy debates. Supporters argue the measure clarifies prohibition constraints while opponents warn of unintended effects on legislation and enforcement.
Bloomington Strike Ends After Riot and Troop Call
Bloomington Illinois July 7 The street railway strike ended after riotous scenes and the temporary use of state troops. Salons closed and rioters dispersed after confrontation at the Bloomington and Normal Railways and Light Company offices. Mother Jones spoke to strikers before the outbreak. A rioter was wounded and others assaulted. power to the plant was shut off to prevent damage.
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Bloomington
Ill
Bloomington Street Railway
Bloomington and Normal Railways and Light Company
Jones
Women to Oversee Crossing Watch in Hammond
Nickel Plate railroad replaces crippled and aged crossing tenders in Hammond with capable young women to supervise grade crossing watch duties. The local change reflects a shift to new personnel in the crossing watch program.
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Hammond
Ind
Nickel Plate Railroad Company
Germans Thrown Back After Major Offensive on Chemin des Dames
Paris reports that after their strongest attack since Verdun the Germans were repelled along an eleven mile front at Chemin des Dames. French lines held firm with no territory lost and casualties left in the open as Allied artillery and troops repelled wave after wave.
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Paris
Verdun
Chemin Des Dames
Ceneral
Cermang
Final Plans for Draft Completion Outline Exemption Issues
Secretary Baker and Provost Marshal Crowder finalize draft plans as exemption boards form. Cards numbered serially and sent to state adjutant general. public date not announced until plans secure. Chicago scene shows resistance as Morria Eller refuses draft duties amid political strife and delays.
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Washington
Baker
Mareshal General
Crowder
Adjutant General
Congress
War Department
U. S
Chicago
Morria Eller
Thompson
Forty-fourth District
United States
Eller
Stahl
Army shirks are penitentiary terms of year
Chicago July 7 118 Rockford registration dodgers were sent to Chicago on a special train to serve a year and a day each in a house of correction. Federal Judge Landis called them whining and bellyaching puppies and said they would not be treated as well in a local jail as in a federal prison.
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Chicago
Sam
Rockford
House of Correction
Freeport
Landis
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American Press Association
White House
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Gleaves
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Bethmann
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Illinois
Thomas P. Gore
Henry G. Sharpe
Quartermaster General
Sharp
Mother” Jones
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